Battlezone PSVR Dev Diary #2: Building Levels in VR That Welcome Players Into the World
In the 2nd of our 3 part developer diary series from Battlezone developers Rebellion, Game Designer Grant Stewart writes on making levels that don’t just use VR, but also welcome you into the game world.
Guest Article by Grant Stewart
Grant designs...
Watch: 12 Minutes of ‘Robo Recall’ Gameplay with Oculus Touch
One of the flagship announcements at last week's Oculus Connect developer conference, Epic Games' Robo Recall is a slick, polished first person shooter built for Oculus' forthcoming VR motion controllers Touch. Here's 12 minutes of raw gameplay from the...
Virtual Reality Strategy Conference 2016 to Bring VR Insights to Industry Execs
A new annual conference from Greenlight Insights is angling itself to sate the growing desire for "actionable insights" from the rapidly expanding VR industry. The 2016 Virtual Reality Strategy Conference aims to layout the "new rules" of the VR...
Oculus Connect 3 Highlights, Questions About New Min Spec & Room-Scale Claims
In this episode of the Voices of VR podcast, I recap some of my highlights from Oculus Connect 3, but also dive into some of my biggest concerns and questions coming out of this year's big developer conference. My...
Oculus Touch Pre-Orders Officially Open Today
Oculus Rift owners take note: pre-orders for Touch begin today at 12pm PT (your local time), including VR Sports Challenge, The Unspoken as well as an extra sensor and adapter for Rock Band VR. The pre-order bundle will cost $199.
If your pre-ordered the Rift on...
Battlezone PSVR Dev Diary #1: The Importance of Feedback in Uncharted Territory
Welcome to the 1st in our 3 part series of developer diaries from Rebellion covering the making of the forthcoming PlayStation VR title Battlezone, a reboot of the 1980 Atari arcade classic in virtual reality. In this entry, Senior Designer...
2016’s Proto Award Winners Revealed, Tilt Brush Receives Top Honour
The annual Proto Awards, set up to highlight and honour the best and brightest the VR industry has to offer, is over for another year, with Google's Tilt Brush walking away as the overall winner. But who else made the...
Blade Runner Sequel to Release October 2017 With Oculus VR Experiences
The long rumoured sequel to Ridley Scott's 1982 cult sci-fi classic Blade Runner is coming soon and it's to be joined by virtual reality experiences via Oculus.
Update: We've updated this story with new information, and updated the headline to...
Oculus Says Walt Disney Studios Collaboration Will “Set a Higher Bar for VR”
Among the swath of announcements made at Oculus Connect 3, one of the fleeting but important pieces of content-related news is that Walt Disney Studios is working with Oculus to create a series of VR experiences based on iconic...
Oculus Will Cover Unreal Engine Developer Fees Through First $5M in Revenue, Per Game
Oculus covered a lot of ground during their opening keynote at Oculus Connect 3 this week; among many exciting announcements, one of interest for Unreal Engine developers might be how Oculus says that they’ll cover the royalty fees for any...
